Gen. Colin Powell calls for universal health care in the U.S.

Puget Sound Business Journal ^ | December 6, 2013 | Valerie Bauman

[pluvmantelo]

Former Secretary of State and longtime Republican Colin Powell is calling for a universal health care solution in the U.S. “We are a wealthy enough country with the capacity to make sure that every one of our fellow citizens has access to quality health care,” he said Thursday at a Seattle fundraiser for prostate cancer. “(Let’s show) the rest of the world what our democratic system is all about and how we take care of all of our citizens." The retired four-star general, a prostate cancer survivor, spoke at the Prostate Cancer Survivors Celebration Breakfast, organized by UW Medicine and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center . Powell took the opportunity to share some of his own experiences and to publicly call for a health care solution similar to those in Canada, Japan and other countries that have a universal, single-payer system. In the case of his own cancer diagnosis, he recovered, thanks to what he described as universal health care offered through the U.S. military. “I am not an expert in health care, or Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, or however you choose to describe it, but I do know this: I have benefited from that kind of universal health care in my 55 years of public life,” Powell said. “And I don’t see why we can’t do what Europe is doing, what Canada is doing, what Korea is doing, what all these other places are doing.”

[Windflier]

what are you going to do when they exhaust your bank account and then bring up false charges to toss you into the slammer?

???

That response is completely non sequitur to my last post.

What if, what if, what if......

Why don't you just bravely run away like you already want to?

[Wanderer99]

You're never going to rebel against the communists. You're all simply going to let them walk all over you and then whine about it on the internet.

Most leftists will murder their own family members to get what they want but most conservatives won't lift a finger out of fear of stepping out of their precious comfort zones.

If I were to shoot a leftist in the head today, the only thing that would happen is that I would wind up in prison sucking up taxpayer money. There needs to be an organized effort to eradicate the vermin. Anything less than that and it's a failed effort. Think of it as antibiotic use.

[windsorknot]

It’s time for Colon to exit the GOP tent and head for the Dem outhouse.

[Windflier]

You're never going to rebel against the communists. You're all simply going to let them walk all over you and then whine about it on the internet.

We'll remember you said that when the SHTF.

[Wanderer99]

I really hope that you do.

[Fledermaus]

The face of Affirmative Action.

[Windflier]

I really hope that you do.

No, you don't. You're just talking smack on the internet.

[Wanderer99]

whatever. have fun being Obama’s slave.

[Windflier]

whatever. have fun being Obama’s slave.

Sure thing, noob. You stay classy.